April McClain Delaney
Democrat · MD-6 · U.S. House
Bio
April Lynn McClain Delaney is an American lawyer and politician who is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Maryland's 6th congressional district since 2025. She previously served as the deputy administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration from 2022 to 2023.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 1.6 years
- First took office
- 2025 (1 terms)
- Seniority
- 391 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 62
- Frederick, MD · 301-926-0300
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
April McClain Delaney's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
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Caucuses & committees
Where Delaneysits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- New Democrat Coalitionstrongly left · 109 members
- Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucusstrongly left · 77 members
- Congressional Equality Caucusstrongly left · 153 members
Most and least aligned members
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Recent notable votes
Latest news
This Democratic Primary Is About Who Is Most MAGAIn Maryland, Rep. April McClain Delaney and former Rep. David Trone are each accusing the other of secretly supporting Trump's agenda.
HuffPost · May 9, 2026- New House of Representatives bills hope to improve broadband access
New House of Representatives bills hope to improve broadband access Late last week, Maryland Representative April McClain Delaney (D-06) and Pennsylvania Representative Rob Bresnahan (R-08) introduced four bills designed to expand broadband while lowering the…
Telecompetitor · April 1, 2026 
Maryland Rep. April McClain Delaney Bought Up to $135K Worth of Bio-Techne StockAn official report on January 5, 2026 reveals Representative April McClain Delaney's recent purchase of Bio-Techne (NASDAQ:TECH) stock, valued between $9,009 and $135,000. The transaction took place on December 2, 2025, as per the January filing. At this time…
Biztoc.com · January 6, 2026
Maryland congresswoman introduces legislation to overturn Kennedy Center renaming effortsCongresswoman April McClain Delaney called the renaming "a betrayal of President Kennedy's legacy."
WUSA9.com · December 22, 2025
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